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I actually really loved his show. It does a good job of showing how hard it is. He farms a bit conventionally, but he's also keen to try things that are regener
by gdubs 3y ago
I actually really loved his show. It does a good job of showing how hard it is. He farms a bit conventionally, but he's also keen to try things that are regenerative – from his hedge rows and pollinator crops, to his second season quest to create a locavore restaurant that would support the farmers in his area. He's constantly playing up his persona of petrol-powered gear head to set up a joke at his expense that says, "actually, maybe this sustainable approach _isn't_ so bad." Say what you will about Clarkson the person, but the show seems to have done a lot of good in raising awareness around the issues that farmers are facing, particularly in a post-brexit UK.
- DoughnutHole 3y agoI find it difficult to dislike Clarkson even when he's pushing things I believe to be utter bollocks. Conservatives can enjoy Clarkson because he backs up their belief system and his humour is based around taking that belief system to humorous extremes. Lefties can enjoy Clarkson because he comes across like an exaggerated caricature of a conservative. It's like an inverted version of American conservatives enjoying Stephen Colbert despite his character being a liberal caricature of a conservative. Clarkson's actual beliefs are ambiguous though. I'm not sure that there's any real ideology behind anything he says - he's a shrewd man and his persona has always been based around being outrageous.